Jotirmay Thapliyal
Tribune News Service, Dehradun, July 14
The Virender Dikshit recommendations favouring Dehradun over Gairsain and other cities as permanent capital of Uttarakhand has stirred a hornet’s nest.
While many back Dehradun as permanent capital, there is a clear opinion in favour of a capital in the hills. [more]

Almost 20 per cent of litchi trees in the city have vanished with the spurt in construction activities ever since the city was awarded interim capital status. Hundreds of litchi trees have been felled by private colonisers in alleged connivance with politicians and the police, despite protests
Jotirmay Thapliyal
Tribune News Service, Dehradun, May 28
The number of [...]

Jaskiran Chopra
Times of India, 8 Nov 2007
DEHRA DUN: It is music to the ears of builders in Uttarakhand, but, many residents are warning that the cacophony of construction could destroy Dehra Dun’s peace. Fulfiling a long-standing demand, the state government has decided to allow construction of highrise buildings in the state. [more]

By Rajiv Rawat
Garhwal Post, 6 August 2007
Next year, the world’s urban population will surpass its rural population for the first time in history. While the pessimists foresee a planet of slums coupled with further environmental devastation, optimists including those at the UN highlight the positives despite the daunting challenges facing human civilisation.
The UN Population Fund [...]

Indian Express
February 28, 2007
NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 27: The next BJP government in Uttarakhand is determined to settle the issue of the state’s capital, on whether it would continue to be in Dehradun or would be shifted to the hills, but planned to go about it cautiously in view of the sentimental issues involved. The priority [...]

This album is powered by BubbleShare – Add to my blogGarhwal Post, November 9, 2006
Dehradun, 8 Nov: The Uttarakhand Sanyukt Sangarsh Morcha (USSM) held a dharna at the gates of Gandhi Park today to press their demand for moving the capital of Uttaranchal to Gairsen. Various representatives of groups affiliated to the joint action [...]

Dehra Dun, Nov. 21 (PTI): Uttaranchal Government would rope in a Delhi-based private organisation to conduct a survey on what could be the permanent capital for the hill state, official sources said here Sunday.
An agreement in this regard would soon be signed between the Delhi School of Planning and Architecture and the state government, the [...]

Editor’s Note: Please read this important message prepared by veteran journalist Harish Chandola on behalf of the Uttarakhand Mahila Manch. They are the outstanding organization of the Uttarakhand Andolan that have steadfastly spearheading the movement for years. Their efforts at bringing together tens of thousands of women all over the state and their sacrifices in [...]

Rumblings of the Second Uttarakhand Revolution and the Struggle for Gairsain
Rajiv Lochan Sah
Nainital Samachar
January 23, 2005
Gairsain is not an unfamiliar idea. It was widely accepted as the capital of Uttarakhand even before the demand for a separate hill state came into full swing in 1994. In fact, Gairsain is not a geographical entity alone, it [...]

DEHRA DUN, DHNS: Top leaders of the Uttarakhand Mahila Manch (UMM) were on Thursday, taken into custody in the State Assembly, upon raising slogans to make Gairsain the permanent capital of the hill state.
As soon as the slogan shouting began in the visitors’ gallery, alert marshals took Kamala Pant, President of UMM, a regional party, [...]